Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC): This Pick And Shovel Stock Is Still A Value

Some analysts have a lowest price target on Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) of $280, which would mean a 8.95% gain in value. The closing share price quoted for December 06, 2018 was $257.01. The 2.87% rally might have been tempting for an investor to buy at this point and in fact that would prove a good idea, as sell-side analysts think there is almost 56.8% more gain yet to come for shareholders. Analysts seemed to set $403 as highest price target on its way to greater gains. The stock enjoyed an overall downtrend of -16.26% from the beginning of 2018. The average 12-month price target they expect from the stock is $337.47. This mean price target represents 31.31% upside over its previous closing price. The median price target they presented was $335 for the next 12-months, which suggests a 30.35% upside from current levels.

A fresh roundup today notes that NOC stock has lost around -13.68% of its value in the past 12 months, suggesting more investors have expressed concern about about in that time period. If we turn to the Street in general, the positives still outweigh the negatives as we can see that Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC), have a buy (2) analyst consensus rating. In the current time, the stock has 13 buy and 7 hold ratings. The stock registered its 52-week high of $360.88 on April 05 and its 52-week low of $248.63 on December 06. Currently, the shares are trading $-58.6 below its YTD moving average of $315.61.

Moving on, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) last reported its September 2018 earnings. For brief highlights, it performed well in that quarter, with earnings up 70% year-over-year at $5.8. The company surprised analysts by 33 who were expecting $4.37 per share. Overall, its quarterly revenues jumped by 24% to reach $8.09 billion, while it had reported $6.53 billion in the same period a year ago. To see what investors should really expect from its December 2018 financial results consensus analyst estimates are calling for current quarter earnings per share of $4.36, up from $2.82 in the same quarter a year ago. However, earnings-per-share are expected to see growth of -5.67% in next year. From there, the company believes it can achieve a long-term annual earnings growth rate of 19 %. At the other end of the income statement, we have seen revenue of $28.57 billion over the trailing 12 months.

To help you decide whether it’s worth the wait (and the money), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is currently trading at 14.77X the company’s trailing-12-month earnings per share, which represents a discount compared to the sector’s 24.57X and comes in below its industry’s 45.41X. The most popular method for valuing a stock is to study the historic Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio using reported earnings for the past 12 months. The EPS number for this stock in the most recent four quarters of earnings stood at $17.4. P/E ratio is so popular because it’s simple, it’s effective, and, tautologically, because everyone uses it.

The 14-day Absolute ATR (Average True Range) on Thursday, December 06 of 2018 shows that the price on average moves $7.81. The average daily volatility is 3.31% over the past week. Low volatility is good for the stock and it means we have calm and confident investors. If you check recent Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) volume, you will see that it has changed to 2.69 million shares versus the average daily volume of 1.41 million shares.

When you look at the daily chart for NOC, you will observe the stock held -23.98% losses in the 6-month period and maintains 3.37% distance from its most recent low. The past 5-day performance for the share stays negative at -2.33% but down -4.76% from its three-week moving average. Comparing to 50-day SMA, Northrop Grumman Corporation shares price is now down -10.64%. It also closed -18.19% lower from its 200-day SMA. This is often seen as the last line of defense for long term trends to find support at, else be considered broken and/or in a bear market. The daily chart of the stock more clearly reveals the slide in prices as it closed Thursday with a 1-month performance at -8.03%.

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